How You and Your Kid Can De-stress During Coronavirus- PBS article & Calm Down Resources

Guide to Helping Families Cope with the Coronavirus- Fact Sheet by The National Child Traumatic Stress Network

Parenting during the Coronavirus Outbreak- article

Helping Children Cope with Changes Resulting from COVID19- Parent Resource by the National Association of School Psychologists

Calm Activities for Meditation (Children & Adults)- Calm has curated content and hand-picked to support your mental and emotional wellness through this time.

Also if you are in need of counseling outside of the school hours, family counseling, or counseling for members of the family that do not attend any of our schools, the district has contracted with a new company, Care Solace.

Care Solace offers a Care Concierge service, which assists families with accessing vetted mental health providers, discovering virtual therapy, assessing provider availability, reducing wait times into care, navigating insurance, and scheduling an appointment. To find more information about Care Solace on the district's Information Hub, follow this link: https://sites.google.com/bonita.k12.ca.us/2020-2021-district-information/home/counseling-and-mental-health-resources/care-solace

To visit the Care Solace site to contact the Care Concierge service, or to do an anonymous search for mental health resources in the community, follow this link to go directly to Care Solace: https://www.caresolace.com/site/bonitausd

If you have any questions/concerns please feel free to contact me.

Fun Ways to Keep Busy!

30 Day LEGO Challenge

30 Day Reading Challenge

Wellness Challenge

25 Day Drawing Challenge

Simple Activities for Children & Adolescents

Explore Helpful Behaviors Charts for Home

Weekly Chart

Task/Reward Chart

Child Reward Chart

Behavior Chart

Identifying Stages of Grief

1. Denial- When the pandemic started many of us carried the belief that the “virus won’t affect us."

2. Anger- We may experience feelings of anger due to loss of our independence. We are being told to stay home and were not able to do our daily activities.

3. Bargaining- “If I stay at home for two weeks, my life will go back to normal." We might have accepted social distancing as a limited restriction.

4. Sadness- “When will this end." Questions and confusion about the unknown for our future begins to settle in.

5. Acceptance- Social distancing is becoming more normal for us and now we are trying to figure out how to move forward.